I stumbled across an article about Free Alabama Movement , a group looking to reform Alabama's cruel prison system. I am glad to see th...

The 2014 Alabama Legislature has "Adjourned Sine Die," thus signaling the end of the regular session. I guess the crappy weather k...

It seems the House Judiciary has also made the same substitution of HB 426 as the Senate Bill 297 . That is good news for those concerned ab...

Essentially this is the House Version of SB 297, which sought to ban registrants from being within 500 feet of schools for any reason. The s...

I simply assumed bestiality was illegal in Alabama but apparently not. SB 151 will change that, making bestiality and possession bestialit...

I cannot say for certain that ReFORM-AL's call to action had anything to do with this latest development, but there was a great substitu...

Is the Senate Judiciary is trying to place more needless bills in legislature? There is already a prohibition against LOITERING within 500 f...

The House Judiciary committee has two bills up for discussion next week related to sex offenders: HB 224:  Rape, sodomy, burglary in the f...

The US DoJ has determined there were a number of abuses at Tutwiler Women's Prison. http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/January/14-crt-...

Legislative sessions have begun, so now is the time to fight HB 21, the anti-clustering law. ReFORM-AL is in the process of analyzing HB 21....

Some small changes will be made to compliance checks in Etowah county. Not much of a change, really-- the main change would be sheriff's...

This isn't often I discuss issues not directly related to "sex offender" topics. But this story is unique and it concerns our ...

There are a couple of bills that were recently prefiled. One bill we should strongly support-- HB 134, which will put a muzzle on mugshot ...

The finalists have been announced and it is time to start voting for the 2013 Shiitake Awards. For those unfamiliar with the Shiitake Awar...

In light of this recent event, if you were involved in a case that involved Officer Shawn McClure of the Madison Co. Sheriff's Office,...

ReFORM-AL was not specifically mentioned in the article, but I was gratuitously mentioned in this article. Mike Cason wrote a very good arti...

For more on Halloween laws in general, visit my Halloween Laws page AT ONCEFALLEN.COM Halloween laws are pointless. First off, who lets ...

The Alabama 2014 session is still about three months away but I'm already seeing the rehash of previous bills that failed to pass. I a...

" We've all seen escape artists risk death before, but tonight, I'm going to risk something even wo rse. Becoming a registere...

All I can say is it is about damned time the ACLU has finally gotten off their asses to fight these laws. If only they had done this sooner....